Boeing vs. Airbus
07-26-2011, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by freightguy
The Airbus is certainly more comfortable and spacious. The tray table is worth it's weight in Gold. You don't have to look side-ways at your approach plate or clip your approach plate on the yoke. Inflight meals are easier to eat on an Airbus. The joystick is fun to fly as well... but you do lose a bit of feedback.
Boeings are a little more cramped due to the big-a$$ control wheel. However, you do have more feedback on the control wheel. I think Boeings are a bit more fun to land.
Airbus is more automated. It has bank, pitch, stall limits you cannot exceed under normal flight. However, usually a pilot never even gets close to those limits during routine flights. So you really don't feel the difference unless you're looking for the flight envelopes.
Airbus attempted to protect against some pilot errors by adding increasing automations and limitations. However at the end of the day the accident rates are same on both the fleets. In an Airbus, the computer will kill you. In a Boeing, the pilot will kill you
Boeings are a little more cramped due to the big-a$$ control wheel. However, you do have more feedback on the control wheel. I think Boeings are a bit more fun to land.
Airbus is more automated. It has bank, pitch, stall limits you cannot exceed under normal flight. However, usually a pilot never even gets close to those limits during routine flights. So you really don't feel the difference unless you're looking for the flight envelopes.
Airbus attempted to protect against some pilot errors by adding increasing automations and limitations. However at the end of the day the accident rates are same on both the fleets. In an Airbus, the computer will kill you. In a Boeing, the pilot will kill you
07-26-2011, 06:53 PM
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Ya'll say what you want, but at Delta the proof is in the pudding that there is only 1 model in the fleet that we're still willing to fly 35 years after it was made!
And that's not even including the -30s that go back to 69!
Let's celebrate:
And that's not even including the -30s that go back to 69!
Let's celebrate:
07-26-2011, 06:56 PM
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I've flown both and don't think it's fair to generalize by manufacturer. Rather a better comparison is between competing products...
That said, I prefer the A-320 hands-down over the so-called "Next generation" 737 series. IMHO that aircraft (737NG) is the definition of mediocrity. That opinion seems to be validated by the relative sales performance of the two types at the 2011 Paris Air Show.
That said, I prefer the A-320 hands-down over the so-called "Next generation" 737 series. IMHO that aircraft (737NG) is the definition of mediocrity. That opinion seems to be validated by the relative sales performance of the two types at the 2011 Paris Air Show.
07-26-2011, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Yes. Here is an example of its bank angle limiter. Boeing refers to it as the #4 engine.
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But, a point of order: Boeing may have refered to it as the #4 engine, but airbus refered to it as a small tube protruding from the engine.
07-26-2011, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Yes. Here is an example of its bank angle limiter. Boeing refers to it as the #4 engine.
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Originally Posted by scambo1
ROTFLMAO
But, a point of order: Boeing may have refered to it as the #4 engine, but airbus refered to it as a small tube protruding from the engine.
But, a point of order: Boeing may have refered to it as the #4 engine, but airbus refered to it as a small tube protruding from the engine.
07-26-2011, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Yes. Here is an example of its bank angle limiter. Boeing refers to it as the #4 engine.
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07-26-2011, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
Yes. Here is an example of its bank angle limiter. Boeing refers to it as the #4 engine.
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That is actually wicked funny. Like Bill Murray funny. Awesome, Carl!
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